Izboljšano upravljanje s trajnim stanjem v avtomatiziranih poslovnih procesih : doktorska disertacija

slovenian

doktorska dela

2013

Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko računalništvo in informatiko

Business process execution languages are widely used in different domains, where special requirements and new challenges arise. One such important requirement is that the executable business process model should perform synchronization between the process variables and the external data sources, as other applications may change the data in the data source during the business process execution. Without performing any synchronization, the business process may use out-of-date version of the data, which may result in invalid execution of key business activities. Furthermore, sometimes it is notenough just to ensure data synchronization, but we may also want to be ableto automatically detect changes made by other applications, so that the process is able to proactively react on these changes. Most of the existing business process execution languages provide no support for the presented requirements. Therefore, process developers have to implement these steps manually, which results in redundancy and increased complexity of the executable business process models. This dissertation addresses the presented problems by defining a model for the improved management of the persistent state in automated process models. The feasibility of the proposed model is verified by translating the model into two business process execution languages, namely BPEL 2.0 and BPMN 2.0. The effectiveness of the proposed solution is evaluated by measuring the complexity on several real-world process models using process-oriented software metrics.

07.08.2023